Dedo = Grandpa

Yesterday I asked my sister Lil if she would share a couple of photos of Peter & Hayden together because I wanted to scrap a page of them. She sent me 38 photos, lol. So I'll be making more than one page :)

I used 'Grand Connections' (Marie h Designs); 'Wonder-Fall' (Marie h Designs); 'Fall Frolic' (Marie h Designs) and the mauvey-grey background paper is from 'Looking Back' (The Urban Fairy). I made the title with 'Mister Alpha' (Mad Genius). I re-coloured the films strips (Alb2Rem) from black to brown. The LO is based on one of Barb's page builders, PB5 (Alb2Rem), but I modified it quite a bit. :)

The Colours of Fall

OK, I realized AFTER I made this and viewed the finished page that it's kind of a hot mess, lol. Soooooooooo busy, but really it's just one large photo with some embellishments on top of it. I have so many old photos of the dogs that I'm scanning and this one just needed a page all on it's own :)

I used 'Wonder-Fall' (Marie H. Designs)
and 'Fabulous Fall' (Kimeric Kreations)

The Caricature Artist

Some more photos that I took at the fall fair last weekend. We ran into a woman who used to shop at the paint store where I worked and she and her partner were getting their portraits done. I asked them and the artist if I could take photos while he worked. The caricature artist was really talented, very speedy and a lot of fun.

Kit: 'He Creates' (Dawn by Design)
Very loosely based on a freebie template, by Unforgettable Moments (July GS Temp Challenge) - but that was actually a white space template ... it isn't now, lol.

Update: (Tues Sept 25) I uploaded this to GingerScraps and this morning I got a message that it's been nominated for Baker's Best 9-23-9-29

Double Rainbow

A few years ago, just as a thunderstorm was ending, I looked out my front window and saw a beautiful double rainbow that went from one end of our street to the other. I grabbed my camera, ran outside, stood on my driveway in the rain, and quickly took some photos. It actually was a triple rainbow for a short while but the third arch didn't show up in the pics.

Last Christmas I scrapped one of these photos (bottom left), printed it and framed it and gave it to my neighbour for a Christmas present. She loved it and has it hanging in her front entrance hall. If I remember what I called it I'll post it too. :)

Kits used: 'Cloudy Day' (A Work in Progress)
and 'Rain on' (Caroline S.)

Canada Geese

Fall arrived today ... but the geese don't seem to be heading south. They would just fly from one part of the field to another as we were walking with Dillon. Eventually they went out onto water in the canal.

These photos were all taken today. It's hard to tell in this small format, but in the photo on the upper right there are hundreds of Canada Geese all staring in our direction. Dillon knew there were geese around, but he couldn't see them or hear them. I'm sure he could smell them but the wind was blowing the wrong direction, towards the geese, so most of the time he couldn't quite figure out where they were. Of course he was on a long leash because we can't let him run loose any more because of his very poor vision. I would be terrified that he'd tumble off a cliff, or run out onto a road, or fall into the canal. But I run around with him so he gets lots of exercise and his little tail never stops wagging. :)

I used a little mini kit called 'Canadian Geese' (by Tracey Monette)

Boyz Rule

Two of my grand-nephews, 3 year old Devin and 1 1/2 year old Hayden (they're cousins). I think I got a bit carried away with the embellishments, hahaha. Somedays it seems like once I start adding I can't stop... just like eating Lays potato chips. :)

Everything except 1 wordart is from the 'Rough and Tumble' NSD Blog Hop (PDW).
The 'Boyz Rule' wordart is from Swap 85 (Wordart World by Jennifer).
Template/Sketch: Bumbershoot (Jeanye Labaya Designs) *highly modified.

Cotton Candy

Yesterday we went to the 160th Annual Niagara Regional Agricultural Society's Exhibition aka the Welland Fall Fair. I just love these kinds of good ole country fairs. I split a cotton candy with Dennis. $5.00 for a lot of air and some sugar, lol. It was the first time I had cotton candy (or "candy floss" as we used to call it) since I was about 10 years old ... so half a century ago. (Egads!!) It's pretty to look at but I don't mind waiting another 50 years to have it again. :)

Apparently, a typical serving of candy floss on a stick is approximately one ounce/30 grams and contains roughly 500 calories. I'm glad I let Dennis eat most of it, haha.

I took almost 200 photos at the fair ... so that should keep me busy for awhile ... or until next weekend. :)

Kit: Country Fair bundle (Sherwood Studio)
Template/Sketch: Fuss Free FreeBee38 (FDDD) *modified

How Beautifully Leaves...

Kit: Fabulous Fall (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Paper Lovers 3 (Kimeric Kreations) *highly modified

Fabulous Fall

Kit: Fabulous Fall (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Yabba Dabba Doo (Jeanye Labaya Designs) *modified

You Smile, You Laugh

More Facebook pics ... my youngest grand-nephew Tyler. He looks soooooooooo much like his "older" brother Hayden (who's only 14 month older than him). They are both adorable.

Kit: Summer's End (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Bumbershoot (Jeanye Labaya Designs) *modified

Spread Your Ears and Fly

These photos of Rudi (a handsome English Springer Spaniel, the best breed of dog on earth, lol) are from a lovely lady from Sweden named Britt Marie Webster that I met on Facebook. I told Britt that I loved her photo and wanted to make a page about Flight and her photo of Rudi with his ears flapping was perfect.

Britt said she was flattered and said I could use her photos. She also said that she really like that picture too, and it won a photo competition in her local newspaper a few years back.

So I happily made this page and sent it to her and she posted it on her blog Julita-Rudis Blogg.

I posted this page on GingerScraps yesterday, Wednesday (September 12th). This morning I got a message that it was nominated for Baker's Best 9/9-9/15

Update: On Sunday (September 16th) I got a message from GingerScraps that this layout was nominated for LOTW (layout of the week) and voting commenced. There are some truly gorgeous layouts this week, so I don't expect to win, but it is an honour to be chosen none-the-less. :)

Credits:
Photos of Rudi taken by his owner, Britt Marie Webster (Sweden) and used with her permission. Thanks Britt!
Primary kit used: Take Flight Collab (Kimeric Kreations and Sweet Digi Scraps).
Paw print border, green background, leaves and journal oval from 'Cats and Dogs' (Connie Prince). Orange mushrooms from 'Fall Frolic' (Marie H Designs).
I made the text bubble with an SVG shape and did the extraction of Rudi on the bottom right. :-)
Note: In the pic on the left Rudi is laying in a patch of moss and wild mushrooms.

Oh and I should mention, the Swedish text in the thought bubble says, "I have my own wings.", courtesy of freetranslation dot com, haha, but Britt said it's right.

Let the Sons Shine

My niece posted this photo on Facebook and I just had to scrap it. Love, love, love --- my grand-nephews Tyler and Hayden.

Kit: Summer's End (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Revisited 3 (Scrapping with Liz) *modified

Walk A Little Straighter

I made this page for the September Lyrics Challenge on TDC. You were supposed to "scrap a LO using song lyrics about fathers". Sadly this is the song that came to my mind, "Walk A Little Straighter Daddy" by Billy Currington. After I made this layout I decided not to post it for the challenge after all. It's just not a happy page, but it's real.

To be fair my dad wasn't a bad guy. He always managed to keep a job and he wasn't physically abusive. He actually had a lot of pals, but not the kind you'd bring home to meet your kids. He just had one main problem, which affected our whole family. I'll do a happier page about him someday. He passed away 29 years ago at the age of 64 due to alcohol abuse. RIP Daddy. I hope you eventually found what you were looking for.

Kit: Howdy Ma'am (Boutique Collab by The DigiChick *Designers)
Template/Sketch: September FB Fan Freebie (Kimeric Kreations) *highly modified

*Participating Designers: Alamama's Pressed Petals, Charm Box Studios, Dawn by Design, Elise's Pieces, eNKay Design, Etc. by Danyale, Girl Boy Girl Designs, Kimeric Kreations, Lifescapes Templates, Quirky Twerp, Sherwood Studio, Stellajane Designs, Wishing Well Creations

Doggy Raincoats

The 'boys' haha. Our dog's breeder gave them raincoats as a birthday gift. I put them on the dogs to do a photo shoot to show her. It wasn't even raining out, lol. Dillon and Nat were not too impressed, but they were so good about posing for me :) These photos were taken 10 years ago. Time flies....

Kit: Rain On (Caroline S.)
Template/Sketch: Freebie by Cindy Schnieder

The Baptismal Robe

This is my niece's BFF's baby and her Great Grandmother. I extracted the baptismal robe from another photo. It's the actual robe, 95 years old and a family heirloom.

Kit: Little Princess (Sherwood Studio)
No template - I just winged it, lol.

Motherhood

My Shannon niece and her youngest child Tyler. He was 3 months old in this photo.

Kits used: 'Red Hot Summer' (Kimeric Kreations)
and Good Old Summertime' (Kimeric Kreations)

Besties

My niece was Maid of Honour at her best friend's wedding, and visa-versa. Loved the colours of the wedding party and this kit matched perfectly.

Kit: So Sassy (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Paper Lovers 3 Template (Kimeric Kreations) *sorta/mostly

Jump~!!

That's me back in 1977, haha. My hubby was at the bottom of a hill and I was at the top. He told me to run up to the edge and jump up .... so I did and he took the pic. One shot ... back in the day when you had to wait a week to get your pics back and see if the darn thing turned out.

Take Flight (Collab by Kimeric Kreations and Sweet Digi Scraps)
No template. I just winged it.

Port Dalhousie

I blended a bit of my photo into the background paper to extend the horizon line across the page.

Kit: 'One Day at a Time' (by Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: TDC August Template Challenge (by Emilie)

Mommy and Tot Swimming

My niece and her BFF and their 3 1/2 month old babies at Mommy and Tot Swimming classes.

Kit: Tale of the Mermaid Princess (Michelle Batton)
Template/Sketch: Three Is A Crowd (Mye De Leon)